Walkthroughs for custom maps.

.... next will be either Ira the Mage or Where the Beauty.

Ira the Mage. An acquired taste. A third of the map is played purely on knowledge of mechanics (like 1 harpy vs 1 red dragon), and afterwards, it's about killing various stronger armies with the same minimal forces. Very much an acquired taste. It will definitely be uninteresting, difficult, and at times impassable for beginners. There is almost no army growth, as in "none at all." No "legions of creatures." You cannot sacrifice units in battles, and you must keep up the pace. I picked up a few new tricks for myself after the walkthrough. There is a full walkthrough of the map with screenshots somewhere on a Chinese forum. If you get stuck on something difficult, you can look up hints. Interesting, difficult, tedious — that's a brief description of the map. The map's author, if I'm not mistaken, spent a very long time making it (not as long as Paragon, of course :), and he himself showed how to complete it. An exceptionally corridor-style map; you can't get lost in it.

Where the Beauty. This map is definitely more interesting: it also has its own tricks, but the main thing is you choose your own army, have more options and maneuvers, and a relatively free world to conquer. A VERY fun start :) you won't get bored during the walkthrough. If I'm not mistaken, at the end of the map, you can win it with Necromancy using the Cloak of the Undead King. As for me, during the walkthrough, I overlooked/forgot about this and had to summon OVER 30000 demons :) to win the final battle (lucky that the SoD_SP mod wasn't around yet and meat was periodically generated on the map for Demonology :)